Travels of Lord Mito: The Phantom Cat

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Travels of Lord Mito: The Phantom Cat

1956

0h 59m

7.0(1 votes)

Horror

Drama

Overview

In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals plotting to embezzle the Kuroda family, and her beloved cat takes revenge by becoming an incarnation of the cat.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Mito Komon

Shinobu Chihara

Ocho

Satomi Oka

Princess Aya

Chiaki Tsukioka

Kikunami

Kunio Kaga

Kaku-san

Kazuo Ishii

Yamabuki Hanshiro

Sōji Kiyokawa

Kurodagochi Mamoru

Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

Suke-san

Yoshiko Wakamizu

Yuriko Nanajo

Creative team

Directed by: Masamitsu Igayama
Written by: Shōtarō Saijō

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